The Hook

Columnist: James Meyerriecks

Mixed League First Base/DH Rankings

March 04, 2007

Rank	Player	G	AB	Avg.	H	2B	HR	Runs	RBI	SB	OBP	Slg.	OPS	Overall 5X5 Value

1	Albert Pujols	157	556	0.334	195	37	47	128	132	10	0.467	0.675	1.142	1515.81
2	Travis Hafner*	139	514	0.315	162	41	44	119	135	0	0.447	0.655	1.101	1338.42
3	Lance Berkman	154	556	0.317	176	36	42	102	123	7	0.427	0.610	1.037	1289.37
4	David Ortiz	149	559	0.285	167	32	51	114	130	1	0.430	0.632	1.062	1280.56
5	Derrek Lee	154	567	0.302	171	41	39	107	109	13	0.385	0.585	0.970	1226.83
6	Mark Teixeira	160	618	0.302	187	43	38	101	131	3	0.390	0.561	0.951	1219.08
7	Ryan Howard	161	536	0.292	157	24	45	101	128	0	0.432	0.591	1.022	1200.71
8	Justin Morneau	158	612	0.288	176	35	42	91	127	2	0.373	0.554	0.927	1145.36
9	Paul Konerko	154	583	0.308	179	30	36	93	109	1	0.379	0.546	0.924	1093.89
10	Carlos Delgado	150	569	0.274	164	36	39	93	127	0	0.374	0.561	0.935	1073.34
11	Nick Swisher	156	577	0.261	151	31	37	103	116	1	0.365	0.509	0.874	1009.11
12	Adam LaRoche	157	586	0.297	174	43	30	89	109	0	0.359	0.529	0.888	993.28
13	Todd Helton	142	522	0.328	171	43	22	98	84	3	0.427	0.545	0.973	966.51
14	Jim Thome*	127	429	0.281	127	21	36	90	95	0	0.428	0.598	1.025	936.92
15	Adrian Gonzalez	151	602	0.309	186	43	26	88	93	0	0.375	0.512	0.887	934.83
16	Jason Giambi	140	444	0.269	119	22	37	77	107	2	0.437	0.566	1.003	927.44
17	Richie Sexson	142	552	0.257	142	33	36	81	110	1	0.355	0.513	0.869	903.38
18	Casey Blake	156	599	0.273	163	32	27	95	92	7	0.335	0.467	0.802	901.60
19	Nomar Garciaparra	137	539	0.292	157	33	21	86	95	3	0.352	0.481	0.833	868.39
20	Lyle Overbay	158	562	0.303	170	43	21	81	89	4	0.381	0.494	0.875	866.69
21	Chris Duncan	149	508	0.264	134	21	34	87	94	0	0.347	0.526	0.873	861.26
22	Prince Fielder	148	553	0.280	155	36	28	79	91	5	0.345	0.500	0.846	860.65
23	Conor Jackson	154	557	0.298	166	36	20	88	92	1	0.376	0.472	0.847	850.05
24	Frank Thomas*	120	442	0.260	115	12	36	74	96	0	0.377	0.532	0.909	842.12
25	Ryan Shealy	142	487	0.294	143	30	18	73	93	3	0.356	0.474	0.830	791.09
26	Kevin Youkilis	136	482	0.292	141	36	14	101	65	4	0.405	0.460	0.864	745.58
27	Nick Johnson	121	436	0.293	128	37	17	75	66	6	0.411	0.499	0.910	703.84
28	Ryan Garko	120	473	0.277	131	29	17	68	86	0	0.327	0.447	0.774	676.98
29	Shea Hillenbrand	138	530	0.282	150	29	18	73	69	3	0.303	0.446	0.749	675.25
30	Rich Aurilia	138	546	0.282	154	32	18	64	76	3	0.335	0.444	0.779	667.96
31	Jonny Gomes*	121	463	0.242	112	23	26	71	75	5	0.327	0.474	0.801	660.54
32	Mike Sweeney*	100	403	0.295	119	30	19	52	73	3	0.355	0.510	0.865	649.19
33	Wes Helms	134	464	0.282	131	33	14	67	81	0	0.332	0.477	0.809	648.71
34	Mike Jacobs	122	431	0.274	118	34	22	54	75	3	0.336	0.509	0.844	639.15
35	Ty Wigginton	136	459	0.264	121	26	22	56	76	3	0.317	0.473	0.789	629.12
36	Howie Kendrick	130	493	0.292	144	37	11	55	61	11	0.313	0.440	0.752	615.09
37	Craig Wilson	119	364	0.281	102	18	16	59	53	2	0.339	0.470	0.809	533.84
38	Scott Thorman	132	461	0.246	113	40	22	51	55	4	0.281	0.473	0.754	493.35
39	Sean Casey	117	421	0.285	120	26	9	52	54	1	0.341	0.411	0.753	467.93
40	Mike Lamb	121	348	0.279	97	18	12	56	47	2	0.335	0.445	0.781	463.34
41	Dan Johnson	109	373	0.269	100	20	14	48	56	0	0.361	0.438	0.799	458.64
42	Scott Hatteberg	126	421	0.272	115	22	11	51	53	1	0.363	0.402	0.765	446.85
43	Casey Kotchman	106	363	0.273	99	15	12	41	55	2	0.338	0.416	0.754	442.17
44	Eric Hinske	113	330	0.277	91	20	11	49	42	4	0.362	0.448	0.810	435.47
45	Todd Walker	116	303	0.291	88	20	8	40	42	4	0.364	0.440	0.804	401.39
46	Kevin Millar	128	295	0.268	79	18	9	43	39	0	0.360	0.419	0.778	344.76
47	Tony Graffanino	83	291	0.274	80	18	4	45	34	4	0.331	0.393	0.723	332.80
48	Jason Stokes	78	270	0.245	66	14	10	43	38	3	0.344	0.419	0.763	330.32
49	Tony Clark	121	264	0.247	65	12	13	29	46	0	0.324	0.448	0.772	329.23
50	Phil Nevin	86	285	0.239	68	11	13	32	43	1	0.313	0.419	0.732	314.58
51	Ben Broussard	107	248	0.256	67	14	11	32	36	1	0.314	0.463	0.777	306.12
52	Andy Phillips	78	209	0.268	56	12	12	30	31	1	0.316	0.498	0.814	303.34
53	James Loney	50	161	0.291	47	10	7	33	31	2	0.344	0.501	0.845	301.45
54	Olmedo Saenz	97	183	0.260	48	13	9	24	45	0	0.322	0.478	0.800	300.35
55	Doug Mientkiewicz	103	358	0.253	91	22	7	44	40	0	0.322	0.374	0.696	296.01
56	Mark Sweeney	115	230	0.261	60	13	6	29	36	1	0.341	0.411	0.752	269.40
57	Justin Huber*	75	281	0.251	70	12	7	32	38	0	0.299	0.368	0.666	261.94
58	Lance Niekro	88	219	0.255	56	11	7	27	36	0	0.296	0.421	0.717	254.83
59	Jeff Conine	97	250	0.264	66	14	5	30	33	2	0.316	0.390	0.706	253.28
60	Robb Quinlan	74	179	0.289	52	9	7	21	25	1	0.316	0.462	0.778	235.93
61	Matt Stairs	91	209	0.256	53	12	7	24